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• Fix the church in the name of hope | In the face of these statistics, we are right to ask whether reform of the Catholic Church is still possible or whether it is a lost cause? (James E. Post, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• A chastened church | Given the nature and breadth of unlawful behavior, there are more questions that need to be answered (Editorial, The Washington Post)
  
  

Books:

• 'Da Vinci Code' publisher drops fight to stop book | Thomas Nelson will add sticker to distinguish critique from original (The Tennessean, Nashville)
  
  
• Also: 'Da Vinci Code' publisher drops fight (Associated Press)
  
  
• Thomas Nelson continues to show strong results | Profits for Nashville-based publishing company Thomas Nelson Inc. are up 68 percent through the first three quarters of its 2003 fiscal year, tallying at $11.6 million compared to net income of $6.9 million during the first three quarters of 2002 (Nashville Business Journal)
  
  
• Also: Banner quarter for Thomas Nelson | After losing money the first part of the decade, Thomas Nelson, Inc., is on its way to its most profitable year ever, company Chairman and Chief Executive Sam Moore announced Wednesday (Nashville City Paper)
  
  
• 'The Passion' spurs religious book sales | As theology, The Da Vinci Code and The Passion of The Christ are far, far apart. But as phenomena, they have had a common affect, driving sales for a wave of Christian-themed books, some of them highly controversial (Associated Press)
  
  
• LifeWay set to unveil Holman Bible | The Holman Christian Standard Bible will be released April 15 (Nashville Business Journal)
  
  
• Priceless Bible goes on display | One of the world's rarest texts is going on public display in Oxford as part of World Book Day (BBC)
  
  
• I want my congregation to look outside itself | Everywhere I turn these days, I hear about "The Purpose-Driven Life," the mega-best-selling book by a California minister named Rick Warren (Henry G. Brinton, The Washington Post)
  
  
• Pope poems top one million copies | More than one million copies of a poetry anthology by Pope John Paul II have been published in 20 languages, the Vatican has announced (BBC)
  
  

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